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Kinny

Caitlin ‘Kinny’ Simpson is half Jamaican and half Native Indian and was born in Canada. She is a classically trained Opera singer, but her love for reggae and jazz always came first and touring with a reggae band resulted in her visiting Norway and deciding to live there. This is where she met Espen and beautiful music began! After the release of the album, Kinny became a regular visitor to the UK with gigs at The Big Chill, Cargo, Jazz Café, Concorde 2, Native, and across Europe. From these travels she hooked up with a variety of producers and started making some fine, fine music.

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Mouse On The Keys

Post-rock/jazz fusion trio from Tokyo, Japan; formed 2006. The group consists of its former members, "Nine Days Wonder" (a leading band on the Japanese post-rock scene) Akira Kawasaki (drum, keyboards) and Atsushi Kiyota (piano, keyboards), along with Daisuke Niitome (piano, keyboards), who has played drums and composed music for funk/hiphop bands. The unique sound of the band's drums, two pianos, and two keyboards combines the sense of urgency from rock, hard core and heavy metal with tastes of early/contemporary classical, jazz and various dance music.

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JAZZTRONIK

Pianist 野崎良太 (NOZAKI Ryōta), recording under the name Jazztronik, has been on the Japanese dance music scene since 1998. He has released 3 full-length; the last album is "Samurai", on the Pantone label. The title track from the album was one of the top dance tunes of 2004. Jazztronik's production skills are as stellar as his piano work and have led him to collaborate with Mondo Grosso, Taro Hakase, bebe, Yukihiro Fukutomi and London Elektricity.

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